[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Physical](https://indike.org/pramana/inp) › [Artefacts](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact) › [Victoria and Albert Museum, London](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam) › Architecture # Architecture It was common for entrances to Hindu, Jain and Buddhist temples throughout India and Sri Lanka to be guarded by threatening figures intended as a protection for the sacred space within. Here, in a Buddhist context, the gurardians are female and relatively peaceful, though they nevertheless brandish a club in one hand. - **Kind:** artefact - **Date:** 1700–1800 CE --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.im-40-1937](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.im-40-1937) · Pramāṇa